DECEMBER EXHIBITIONS OF NOTE

December 1, 2017

ARTISTS TO FOLLOWAs we follow the activity of Tamarind artists with great interest, we want to also update our collectors, supporters, and readers with this overview of current and upcoming exhibitions by artists who have recently collaborated with us in the workshop.

TOYIN OJIH ODUTOLA

TOYIN OJIH ODUTOLA: TO WANDER DETERMINED

Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY

Toyin Ojih Odutola: To Wander Determined gives us intertwined fictional portraits, vibrantly narrating the lives of two aristocratic Nigerian families. Ojih Odutola uses her distinct mark-making to create images that explore the complexities of the ever shifting terrain of identity. On view through October 20, 2018.

Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, and Parrasch Heijnen Gallery, Los Angeles, will present artist Tony Delap's six-decade exploration of the dimensionality of intersecting shapes. Each gallery will showcase Delap's iconic sculpture, drawing, and painting from various periods throughout his artistic practice. On view through December 23, 2017.

Jack Shainman will feature Chicago-based artist Nick Cave's signature soundsuits at Art Basel Miami Beach this year. Each soundsuit is made from found objects encumbered with personal and emblematic significance, to create culturally charged, thought provoking sculpture. On view through December 10, 2017.

This exhibition analyzes ways in which minorities use their bodies to assemble dissenting forms of beauty and desire.Elements of Vogue dissects the complexities of the political history of the body to better understand the birth of voguing and the cultural significance of this style of radical performance. On view through May 6, 2018.

Louise Nevelson lived and worked in New York City for most of her life. Her relationship with her surroundings inspired much of her work, including her sculptural and collage work. Nevelson often created her awe inspiring pieces using found objects and abandoned fragments of wood from the city streets. "I make collages. I join the shattered world creating a new harmony." - Louise Nevelson. On view through January 1, 2018.

Fade to Blackfeatures the unmistakable hand of artist Gary Simmons. In his first museum exhibition in Los Angeles, Simmons will continue to expand on his signature erasure technique, painting on five 440-square-foot walls in CAAM’s grand lobby. On view through July 31, 2018.